Congresses

In parallel with preparing the Register, at biennial congresses the purpose has been to examine in detail the topics most relevant to the Modern Movement in Spain and Portugal. So far the eight congresses have covered housing, industry, cultural facilities and infrastructure, tourism, GATCPAC and its time and the factory as an example of modernity. These were held in Zaragoza, Seville, Oporto, Valencia, Cadiz, Oviedo and Malaga respectively.

VIII Iberian Docomomo Congress

In parallel with preparing the Register, at biennial congresses the purpose has been to examine in detail the topics most relevant to the Modern Movement in Spain and Portugal. So far the eight congresses have covered housing, industry, cultural facilities and infrastructure, tourism, GATCPAC and its time and the factory as an example of modernity. These were held in Zaragoza, Seville, Oporto, Valencia, Cadiz, Oviedo and Malaga respectively.

VII Iberian Docomomo Congress

In April 2010 the Iberian DOCOMOMO Foundation held its seventh congress in Oviedo. This followed congresses in Zaragoza, Seville, Oporto, Valencia, Barcelona and Cadiz with the titles ´Modern housing and the contemporary city: breaks and continuity. 1925 – 1965´, ´Modern architecture and industry. 1900 –1965´, ´Culture: origin and destination of the Modern Movement, cultural facilities and infrastructure, 1925 –1965´, ´Modern architecture and tourism: 1925 –1965´, ´GATCPAC and its time. Politics, culture and architecture in the 1930s´ and ´Renovate or die?

VI Iberian Docomomo Congress

In 2007 the sixth congress was held in Cadiz with the title “Renovate or die? Experiences, challenges and paradoxes in Modern Movement architecture”. This was chosen in order to concentrate the debate on CONSERVATION of modern architecture, the inevitable adapting of it and conflict with the conventional criteria that govern intervention in heritage sites.

V Iberian Docomomo Congress

In October 2005 the Iberian DOCOMOMO Foundation organised its fifth congress in Barcelona on the topic GATCPAC AND ITS TIME. Politics, Culture and Architecture in the 1930s. The congress was held 75 years after GATCPAC was founded, and the focus of debate was the way Modern Movement proposals were received and disseminated in the Iberian Peninsula.

IV Iberian Docomomo Congress

In November 2003 the Iberian DOCOMOMO Foundation held its fourth congress in Valencia with the title "Modern architecture and tourism: 1925 – 1965", with scientific co-ordination by Nuno Portas, Carmen Jordá and José Antonio Sosa.

This seminar revolved around the Modern Movement architecture of tourism and leisure that developed in Spain and Portugal between 1925 and 1965.

Therefore the congress dealt with an early chapter in the development of modern society and an important trial run for Modern Movement architecture and planning. Tourist infrastructure (holiday camps and clubs, holiday houses, hotels, spas, ski resorts, camp sites and holiday developments), sports facilities linked to holidays, promenades, and places for entertainment and relaxing were developed as new collective spaces.